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When elegance mattered
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Exquisite timing, KG. I’m presently reading a new Bernie Gunther novel and our eponymous hero has just had one of these, same colour even, lent to him by none other than Josef Goebbels.
Amazing coincidence, eh?
I think it would look better without the white sidewalls, but that’s just me.
I don’t mind the sidewalls with this colour but definitely a no-no with a black one.
yep. White sidewalls remind me of those shoes Queensland property scammers used to wear..
Yessss, I can see how that would make a difference. Sort of like “co-respondent shoes” of yore?
Exactly.
Beautiful.
I was walking through inner Perth this afternoon and stopped to admire the facade of an old building that’s been a pub, a backpackers hostel and is now a Malaysian school. Early 1900s judging by the decorations along the top. Can we see a little of this old-school flair return to our urban environment, please?
Yes please! I especially like Victorian-era and art deco stuff.
Most Art Deco is awful. Well designed ones eg the Chrysler building, are beautiful.
Yep. The good stuff is sublime.
Pretty in an antique way, but there’s beauty in smooth lines and simplicity, too.
Yes, there is. I drive an ancient W124 Benz and there’s not a superfluous line or ornamentation to be found anywhere. It’ll never look old because it’s not a product of fashion. As for simplicity, mechanical simplicity matters far more to me, reluctant as I am to be the target of extortion by dealers and their exorbitant servicing charges.
I’d rate the 540K as far more than merely “pretty” though. But hey, eye of the beholder and all that.
I’d never buy a Mercedes saloon made after 1985, because they lack a distinctive “character” to my eye. My beloved says that if you need to get close enough to see the badge in order to know what it is, then the stylist has failed. She’s right.
I saw a new Merc the other day. It would be impressive for a Hyundai.
1932 Lincoln KB V-12
https://youtu.be/zdeHxUu61P8
Oh my!! I wonder what it sounds like?
A brief clip has this 1933 Dietrich body Lincoln KB running.Nothing sounds quite like a flathead V12
https://youtu.be/hobuBciy3aY
Sigh…….
Same channel has a Chris Craft custom –
https://youtu.be/XKc6c3whqA0
All of the finer things
We need to be wealthy. For purely altruistic reasons, of course..
Yes,that way I could then devote my time helping young women with daddy issues,out of the shear kindness of my heart of course
How kind you are. Perhaps I can arrange to send you some morbidly obese ones so you can get started without the expensive car.
KG: You have a real collector’s item in the garage.
The indestructible W124!
I guess this model Mercedes is to automobiles what the DC-3 was to airplanes.
http://www.carscoops.com/2014/10/mercedes-indestructible-w124-turns-30.html
So you have the 1984 model?
A bit later, Ronbo. But still the W124 platform. Which is why spares are so cheap, I guess.
We’ve had quite a few 124’s and they’ve been stone-reliable, comfortable and built like a tank. When people ask about the fuel economy, my reply is usually “no depreciation, cheaper insurance. How much fuel could you buy for the depreciation on your new car?”
MUCH cheaper spares than a Jap car, almost no computers too.
And it’ll never be mistaken for an effing Hyundai.
(Thanks for that link)